4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Trek \Trek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trekked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trekking}.] [Written also {treck}.] [D. trekken. See {Track}, n.] [South Africa] 1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to migrate. [Chiefly South Africa] One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836 to trek out of the Colony. --James Bryce. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Trek \Trek\, n. [Written also {treck}.] [D. Cf. {Track}, n.] The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration. [Chiefly South Africa] To the north a trek was projected, and some years later was nearly carried out, for the occupation of the Mashonaland. --James Bryce. {Great Trek}, the great emigration of Boers from Cape Colony which began in 1836, and resulted in the founding of the South African Republic and Orange Free State. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: trek n 1: a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) 2: any long and difficult trip v 1: journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas" 2: make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis" [also: {trekking}, {trekked}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 70 Moby Thesaurus words for "trek": campaign, circuit, course, cruise, emigrate, emigration, excursion, expatriate, expatriation, expedition, fare, flight, flit, globe-trot, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, grand tour, hit the trail, immigrate, immigration, in-migrate, in-migration, intermigrate, intermigration, jaunt, journey, junket, make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, migrate, migration, out-migrate, out-migration, outing, package tour, passage, peregrinate, peregrination, peregrinations, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pleasure trip, progress, range the world, remigrate, remigration, round trip, rubberneck, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sally, shoot, sight-see, stalk, swarm, swarming, take a trip, take the road, take wing, tour, transmigrate, transmigration, travels, trip, turn, voyage, wayfare
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